28th Generation  

95. Maria BEAUFOY [124324] (Mark⁸⁹, John⁷⁴, Francis (Sir)⁶⁷, Griffin (Sir)⁶¹, Joseph (Sir)⁵⁸, Thomas Kt. (Sir)⁴⁹, John (Sir)⁴⁵, John (Sir)⁴¹, John (Sir)³⁹, Humphrey de Bereford (Lord)³⁷, Richard de Bereford (Lord)³⁵, John II de Bereford (Lord)³³, John de Bereford (Lord)³², Richard Kt. (Sir)³⁰, Richard (Sir)²⁸, Richard (Sir)²⁷, Richard²⁶, Richard²⁵, Alan²⁴, Richard¹⁹, William (Sir)¹³, Richard II de Lancastern Alençon, Arundel and Shrewburg Seigneur de Beaufou (Comte)⁹, Raoul de Beaufou & Comte d'Ivry (Seigneur)⁶, Raoul de Beaufou (Seigneur)⁴, Richard de Beaufou (Seigneur)³, Raoul de Beaufou (Seigneur)², Richard¹) was born in Jun 1755 in Lambeth Surrey England and died on 28 Apr 1832 at age 76.

Maria married George DURRANT [124325]. George was born on 20 Nov 1731 in Hagley Worcestershire England and died on 4 Aug 1780 in Tong Shropshire England at age 48.

Children from this marriage were:

   98    i. George DURRANT of Tong [124344] was born on 25 Apr 1776 in Westminster Middlesex England and died on 29 Nov 1884 in Tong Shropshire England at age 108.

   99    ii. Maria DURRANT [124343] was born on 2 Jul 1779 and died on 28 Apr 1783 at age 3. (Died young)

Maria next married Benjamin Charnock PAYNE [124326] in 1780.

96. John Hanbury BEAUFOY [124327] (Mark⁸⁹, John⁷⁴, Francis (Sir)⁶⁷, Griffin (Sir)⁶¹, Joseph (Sir)⁵⁸, Thomas Kt. (Sir)⁴⁹, John (Sir)⁴⁵, John (Sir)⁴¹, John (Sir)³⁹, Humphrey de Bereford (Lord)³⁷, Richard de Bereford (Lord)³⁵, John II de Bereford (Lord)³³, John de Bereford (Lord)³², Richard Kt. (Sir)³⁰, Richard (Sir)²⁸, Richard (Sir)²⁷, Richard²⁶, Richard²⁵, Alan²⁴, Richard¹⁹, William (Sir)¹³, Richard II de Lancastern Alençon, Arundel and Shrewburg Seigneur de Beaufou (Comte)⁹, Raoul de Beaufou & Comte d'Ivry (Seigneur)⁶, Raoul de Beaufou (Seigneur)⁴, Richard de Beaufou (Seigneur)³, Raoul de Beaufou (Seigneur)², Richard¹) was born on 17 Feb 1761 in Lambeth Surrey England and died on 28 Nov 1836 in Upton Grey Hampshire England at age 75.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: at Cuper's Bridge, 17 Feb 1761, Lambeth Surrey England.

John married Agnes PAYNE [124328]. Agnes was born about 1772 in Barbadoes [Island] and died in 1855 in Cheltenham Gloucestershire England aged about 83.

Children from this marriage were:

   100    i. John BEAUFOY [124345] was born before 1790 and died in 1809.

+ 101    ii. Charles BEAUFOY [124346] was born in 1790 and died in 1858 at age 68.

+ 102    iii. Louisa BEAUFOY [124350] was born in 1793 in Westminster Middlesex England and died on 20 Dec 1875 in Southampton Hampshire England at age 82.

John next married Charlotte [124329]. Charlotte died in Dec 1795 in Upton Grey Hampshire England.

97. Col. Mark BEAUFOY FRS [121367] (Mark⁸⁹, John⁷⁴, Francis (Sir)⁶⁷, Griffin (Sir)⁶¹, Joseph (Sir)⁵⁸, Thomas Kt. (Sir)⁴⁹, John (Sir)⁴⁵, John (Sir)⁴¹, John (Sir)³⁹, Humphrey de Bereford (Lord)³⁷, Richard de Bereford (Lord)³⁵, John II de Bereford (Lord)³³, John de Bereford (Lord)³², Richard Kt. (Sir)³⁰, Richard (Sir)²⁸, Richard (Sir)²⁷, Richard²⁶, Richard²⁵, Alan²⁴, Richard¹⁹, William (Sir)¹³, Richard II de Lancastern Alençon, Arundel and Shrewburg Seigneur de Beaufou (Comte)⁹, Raoul de Beaufou & Comte d'Ivry (Seigneur)⁶, Raoul de Beaufou (Seigneur)⁴, Richard de Beaufou (Seigneur)³, Raoul de Beaufou (Seigneur)², Richard¹) was born on 4 Mar 1764 in Lambeth Tooting Surrey England and died on 4 May 1827 in Bushey Heath Hertfordshire England at age 63.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of this Mark,
Colonel Mark Beaufoy FRS (1764\endash 1827) was an English astronomer and physicist,[1] mountaineer, explorer and British Army officer. His father, Mark Beaufoy (1718\endash 1782), who was originally from Evesham, established a vinegar factory in Lambeth, London. According to the family tree on Ancestry.com, he was born 1764 March 4, died 1827 May 4.
He was the first-known English climber to make an ascent of a high mountain in the Alps. In 1787, he made an ascent (the fourth) of Mont Blanc. This mountain was an attraction to his fellow countrymen, such as J. D. Forbes (1809\endash 1868), A. T. Malkin (1803\endash 1888), John Ball (1818\endash 1889) and Sir Alfred Wills (1828\endash 1912). He describes his ascent of Mont Blanc:
"At last, however, but with a sort of apathy which scarcely admitted the sense of joy, we reached the summit of the mountain; when six of my guides, and with them my servant, threw themselves on their faces and were immediately asleep. I envied them their repose; but my anxiety to obtain a good observation for the latitude, subdued my wishes for indulgence."
He devoted much of his life to naval experiments at the Greenland Dock with James Scott and Captain John Luard of the "Society for the Improvement in Naval Architecture". He published the results of his work in one of the leading scientific journals of the day, The Annals of Philosophy. In 1815 he described a recording tide meter, and in the same article went on to describe the power of the wind on square sails and the resistance to motion both in air and water of different shapes.[2] The paper moved from ship sails to considering the best angle for windmill sails to be set.[3] He supplied Astronomical and Magnetic observations from Hackney Wick (51°32'40"N, 6.82"W) for many issues.[4] Charles Hutton's 1815 list of England's most notable private observatories included Colonel Beaufoy's.[5]
In 1816 Beaufoy published another extensive article based on his experimental work. On the Stability of Vessels was based on 23 different hull forms tested for their resistance to rolling. The article includes an illustration of his apparatus showing a hull form being subjected to a controlled heeling force with a plumb bob and scale to measure the inclination. The various tables of results show the metacentre. The dichotomy between resistance to rolling and sea keeping is discussed.[6]
A volume Nautical and Hydraulic Experiments with Numerous Scientific Miscellanies was published posthumously by his son Henry in 1834 (one volume only, called Volume I). Beaufoy also made astronomical observations and advocated other ideas like rifles in the militia and schemes for reaching the North Pole. This volume challenged the existing orthodoxy that the resistance to motion of a vessel was in proportion to her displacement. Chapman had challenged this earlier (1775), but Beaufoy's work was taken up by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the "square-cube" law. Simply put, if a vessel is doubled in size the resistance to motion quadruples, but the size of engines and the carrying capacity (fuel, cargo) increase eight-fold.[7]
He married his cousin Margaretta Beaufoy (died 1800) in a 1784 "runaway" marriage, after which they had a "long sojurn" in Switzerland.[8] They had three sons (Henry, Mark and George) and a daughter; Margaretta took the infant girl Henriette to watch Mark ascend Mont Blanc. She assisted him with mathematical and astronomical calculations.
Beaufoy was commissioned Captain of the Hackney Volunteer Company in 1794 and Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia in 1797. However, in October 1813 he was court-martialled for the "vexatious and frivolous" disciplining of a junior officer and was relieved of his command in January 1814.
His grandson, Mark Hanbury Beaufoy, was an English vinegar manufacturer and politician. The family firm is now called British Vinegars Limited.

Mark married Margaretta BEAUFOY [124038] in 1784. Margaretta was born about 1763 and died on 28 Aug 1800 in Hackney Wick Middlesex England aged about 37.

Marriage Notes: Wikipedia says of this Marriage,
He married his cousin Margaretta Beaufoy (died 1800) in a 1784 "runaway" marriage, after which they had a "long sojurn" in Switzerland.

Children from this marriage were:

   103    i. Henriette Phillipine BEAUFOY [124330] was born on 11 Apr 1785 in Neuchâtel Neuchâtel District Canton of Neuchâtel Switzerland and died in 1866 in Lyston Hall England at age 81.

   104    ii. Henry Benjamin Hanbury BEAUFOY [124309] was born on 23 Apr 1786 in Neuchâtel Neuchâtel District Canton of Neuchâtel Switzerland and died on 17 Jul 1851 in London Middlesex England at age 65.

General Notes: In her Book, Leaves from a Beech Tree, Gwendolin Beaufoy includes,
The eldest of Mark and Margaretta's sons was born in Switzerland. From letters one gathers that all his family and relations, especially those at Upton Grey, counted on his help and opinions a great deal. John Hanbury Beaufoy left him the business and house at South Lambeth, but with such very heavy charge^ for his wife and others that his heir was crippled for years. My father-in-law says of him: 'Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy probably was a very able man. His early disappointment as to his inheritance must, I fancy, have greatly chagrined him. He lived a very quiet life at Lambeth and devoted a great deal of time and spent considerable sums of money collecting books etc. He had for many years as a companion a Miss Eliza Taylor, at one time a Columbine at Astley's. Quite late in life he married her, and his family paid her the compliment of calling on her at once. I fancy she must have been not a only a very charming, but a very good woman, and her husband did not long survive her death. He gave large sums, not less than 10,000, to the City of London School for scholarships; and also built at a cost of 10,000 the Beaufoy Ragged School.'^ Eliza died in 1847 and Henry in 1851. He left the business to his brother George.

Henry married Eliza TAYLOR [124335]. Eliza died in 1847.

   105    iii. Margaretta BEAUFOY [124332] was born on 5 Apr 1788 and died on 5 May 1840 in London Middlesex England at age 52.

Margaretta married Henry STONE [124333]. Henry died in 1845.

   106    iv. Eliza BEAUFOY [124331] was born on 16 Jul 1789 and died in Aug 1789. (Infant Death)

+ 107    v. Julia BEAUFOY [120042] was born on 11 Jul 1790 in London Middlesex England and died in 1870 in Velaines Flanders Belgium at age 80.

   108    vi. Mark Hanbury BEAUFOY [124310] was born on 21 Aug 1793 in London Middlesex England and died on 31 May 1854 in Bowness-on-Windermere Cumberland England at age 60.

+ 109    vii. Capt. George BEAUFOY [124311] was born on 14 Oct 1796 in Hackney Wick Middlesex England and died in Jul 1864 at age 67.

   110    viii. Laura Pycroft BEAUFOY [124334] was born on 15 Mar 1799 and died on 29 May 1829 at age 30.